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TRANS AWARENESS MONTH
Today’s Thread Topic: Being Trans in the US Military

Being transgender in the military has always been risky.
The following thread is a brief timeline of the changing US policy with personal stories of trans soldiers’ struggle.

Before June 2018, transgender soldiers were forced to lead double lives. Coming out could have meant being automatically discharged regardless of your aptitude.

Meet Jamie Ewing. She served with distinction until she was discharged for being transgender.bbc.com/news/av/world-…

On June 30, 2016, the US Military lifted its ban on transgender soldiers, citing that the “Defense Department and the military need to avail ourselves of all talent possible.”medium.com/@SecDef/dod-tr…

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While we're all focused on the crisis at our southern border, Trump's admin is proposing a massive reorganization of federal agencies as part of his "drain the swamp" campaign rhetoric. This will include adding the word "welfare"
into the SNAP program.govexec.com/management/201…

Perhaps the most controversial of the proposals, would be the move of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, from Agriculture to Health and Human Services, with the latter department renamed to something that includes the word “welfare." 2/

More changes include:
Privatizing the Postal Service.
Merging the Education and Labor departments.
Reorganizing safety-net programs into a Department of Health and Public Welfare.
Creating a governmentwide public-private partnership office to "improve" services to citizens... 3/